Toxoplasmosis is a common congenital infection. It does not usually produce recognizable signs of infection at birth so most infected newborns are not detected by routine clinical examination and remain untreated. Infected children without clinical symptoms should nonetheless be identified and treated as early as possible. Serological diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis is quite difficult. Th...

Toxoplasmosis is a prevalent parasitic infection caused by an obligate intracellular para‐ site Toxoplasma gondii. Various methods have been established in the laboratory diagno‐ sis of toxoplasmosis. Among these methods, serological tests are common and provide satisfactory results. However, producing reliable reagents and standard antigen remains difficult and expensive. Replacing native anti...

Ocular toxoplasmosis, a chorioretinal infection with Toxoplasma gondii, is the most common etiology of posterior uveitis in many countries. Accurate diagnosis depends heavily on the characteristic clinical features of this disease, but atypical presentations, especially in immunocompromised patients, may create diagnostic challenges and lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Molecula...

Infection with Toxoplasma gondii is acquired through consumption of undercooked infected meat, or by uptake of cat-shed oocysts. Although congenital toxoplasmosis is generally considered to contribute most to the disease burden of T. gondii, ocular disease from acquired infection was recently shown to add substantially to the burden. In addition, toxoplasmosis in immune-compromised individuals ...

1. Symptomatic toxoplasmosis should be made notifiable A primary consideration is the burden of disease caused by Toxoplasma in the UK. The report concludes that there are not sufficient data to assess the burden of disease due to toxoplasmosis in the UK, but that it will probably not be significantly different from the assessments made in the USA and the Netherlands. The paper (cited in the re...

Latent toxoplasmosis is the most widespread parasite infection in developed and developing countries. The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection varies mostly between 20 to 80% in different territories. This form of toxoplasmosis is generally considered to be asymptomatic. Recently published results, however, suggest that the personality profiles of infected subjects differ from those of uni...

conclusions cerebral toxoplasmosis can occur outside the setting of advanced hiv immunodeficiency or drug-induced immunosuppression. this highlights the fact that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of opportunistic infections in hiv-negative patients. case presentation a case of cerebral toxoplasmosis is reported in a healthy 39-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital wit...

Toxoplasmosis has been associated with economic and public health concerns due to abortion in humans animals. Detection for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies sera 174 healthy sheep (IgG) 89 aborted women (IgG, IgM, IgG avidity) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay T. 59 milk samples identified by PCR. The primary risk factors seropositive were also analyzed. Relatively higher...

BACKGROUND Infection with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy can lead to severe illness in the fetus. Many T. gondii infections are preventable by simple hygienic measures. METHODS We surveyed pregnant women in the US to determine their knowledge about toxoplasmosis and their practices to prevent infection. Volunteer obstetricians selected to be demographically representative of the American ...

INTRODUCTION Lymphadenopathy is a common finding in toxoplasmosis. A breast mass due to toxoplasmosis is very rare, and only a few cases have been reported. We present a case of toxoplasmosis that presented as a swelling in the axillary tail of the breast with a palpable axillary lymph node which mimicked breast cancer. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old otherwise healthy Caucasian woman present...